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Max Kranick
B/T R/R · 6' 3" · 220 lb · born Scranton, PA, USA · age 29 · draft 2016 rd 11 · played P 21 · MLB debut 2021-06-27
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-28): 5 G · 5.1 IP · 1.69 ERA · 6 SO · 1.50 WHIP
94 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Max Kranick is a 29-year-old right-hander from Scranton, PA, an 11th-round pick in 2016. He has 70 strikeouts across 49 career games and six in his last five appearances.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
ArbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $0.78M
- Tax hit
- $0.78M
- Service time
- 3 yr 11 d
- Options left
- 1 / 4
The deal 1 year (2026), club option for 2027
On the sheet: 1 y (26)+27 cl opt · agent Covenant Sports
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Washington Nationals.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $0.80M
- Guaranteed
- $0.80M
- Term
- 1 yr
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $0.8M | $0.8M | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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Umpire favor
-0.2 net runs over 9 graded games — an even shake from the zone this season.
The line
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